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Biomanufacturing promises domestic, sustainable, sovereign and resilient production. Capacities are trapped in outdated scale-up processes. SPRIND urges investment and disruptive innovation to propel biomanufacturing. Demands are decentralised, non-sterile & continuous biomanufacturing capabilities.

As part of the green transformation of North Rhine-Westphalia’s former coal-mining region, independent assessors have recommended the co-financing of two biotechnology processes developed at pilot scale by Evonik Industries AG, with the aim of advancing them to demonstration scale. The third funding round of the “Produktives.NRW” call includes approximately €70 million from the EU’s Just Transition Fund (JTF) allocated to six projects.

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the BIOSECURE Act, prohibiting U.S. biopharma companies from working with Chinese contractors due to national security concerns, including data leaks and intellectual property theft. The Act is expected to pass the Senate.

Picture: © Krajete GmbH

Our species – modern humans, or homo sapiens sapiens – has ever striven for progress. And progress was greatly enabled by fire, a fundamental chemical phenomenon that allows the fast release of large amounts of energy.